absolute
beginners?
The course is absolutely fine for absolute beginners. Just bring along
your desire to learn, your paints & your holiday spirit, that's all.
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Two 'absolute beginner level' watercolours by the end of the week.

A 'rusty beginner level' by the end of the week. Oil, plein-air.
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"Easy to understand tuition that ensured that we made real progress"-
Sandy, Switerland.
" I so enjoyed your enthusiastic introduction to painting. I have since joined an art class & been painting on a holiday to my cousin's holiday home. Really loving this new found pleasure - Thank you!" Helen, Scotland.
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Matisse on Beginner's Mind :
"The effort to see things without distortion demands a kind of courage; and this courage is essential to the artist, who has to look at everything as though he were seeing it for the first time." |
the basic skills of painting
The course provides you with lots of time for you to paint, with the
tutor on hand for individual help.
"Believe it or not, I can actually draw." - Michelangelo
There are also structured painting lessons where the tutor presents for those
who'd like to learn or relearn the basic skills of painting. These are
practical & hands-on, where you actually paint & have the chance
to experiment with the core components of painting:
*Learn to look in a way that will help you paint
* Drawing * Tonality * Colour * Composition
* Materials & Basic Techniques
* How to paint 'en plein air' & sketch on the spot
"You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way." ~ Marvin Minsky

" The lesson on tonality was absolutely brilliant! The
best presentation I've ever had. I now feel that I can deal with those
tones in my painting. " - Elizabeth, Chateaux Painting Holiday Alumni
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Painters have always studied their art ... Colour
Sphere by Otto Runge, 1810. (who was not a Chateaux Painting Holiday Student).
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advanced level
painting course

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....Not always evident to find what really suits one's own creativity
& one's own style
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The painting course is also appropriate for those looking for an advanced
level painting course. Dialoguing with an practicing mid-career painter
will encourage the development of your personal style. You will be helped
with the practicalities, given suggestions as to techniques & ...
hopefully... the other more elusive sides of creativity. Making your next
step up to the next level is something that is often very difficult to
do alone & without support.The course hopes to give your creativity
that extra boost.
"By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to
help you find your way." - Robert Henri
The course is flexible to your learning needs. Why not have a chat to the tutor beforehand about what you'd like to learn?
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"....It's funny how you can keep being told something abstract
for years and not fully hear it until something connects it to your own
work and goals. Today I connected with the information better than ever
before because of things you said to me during our workshop.......It's
an eye-opener to think of this key aspect of decision-making more consciously,
and I'm grateful to you for raising my awarenss of this." - Juliette, Chateaux Painting Holiday Alumni
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'Grasses over Beduer' Pastel by Eleanor Dominek, advanced level student. |
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